Character Analysis of Walter Lee Younger in A Raisin in...

In A Raisin in the Sun Hansberry uses Walter Lee Younger to represent the ambitious but, uninformed African American family. Walters main role in A Raisin in the Sun is to personify the African American families that make many gambles, which eventually lead to complete failure. Walter is shadowed by greed and ignorance which causes him to fail to achieve the success he wishes to gain. Walter Lee Youngers greed is exemplified when he talks about, Check coming today. (Hansberry 26). Walters lack of wisdom and hard headedness allows him to portray American success, which he hopes of achieving in a very short time. When Walter Younger fails at what he has been trying to do he exclaims, THAT MONEY IS MADE OUT OF MY FATHERS FLESH.†¦show more content†¦Then when he does fail he blames his failures on other people who are close to him, this is shown when he makes the remark of, No thanks to the colored women. (Hansberry 35). Walter fails to understand that his wife gives him continu al support, which ties into one of his harmatias which is his ability to make rash decisions. Ruth, is a very important character in this story for the fact that she has the opportunity to do something amazing, that is go to medical school. But in Walters everlasting foolishness invests in a liquor store instead of her college funds. It is this rash decision made by him that causes feuds within the family. Hansberry uses Beneatha and Walter Younger in a metaphorical message to display the feuds that they have as a lower class African American family. Hansberry uses Beneatha and Walter in an attempt to show the diversity in their household. Beneathas clear superior intelligence level over Walter is a representation of the higher class African Americans looking over struggling lower economic African American class. 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